JAPANESE FISHERY IMPORTS BY SELECTED SPECIES, NOVEMBER 2000
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                          Metric tons            Million yen     
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Fishery Products    Nov. 2000   Nov. 1999    Nov. 2000  Nov. 1999
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Live:
Eel, adult                941         496         816        390
Others                    922         772       1,173      1,108
Fresh
Pacific sockeye             -           -           -          -
Pacific coho                -           -           -          -
Other Pacific salmon       79          73          56         56
Atlantic salmon         2,413       1,993       1,303      1,227
Yellowfin tuna          2,842       2,507       2,074      1,830
Bluefin tuna              697         675       2,878      2,656
Bigeye tuna             1,551       2,199       1,312      1,797
Southern bluefin tuna       8          41           8         80
Sea bream                 158         126         117        118
Billfish                  173         183         117        185
Frozen                       
Swordfish                 149         179         118        137
Pacific sockeye         4,004       3,181       1,839      1,686
Pacific coho            1,809       1,698         623        837
Other Pacific salmon      455       1,907         145        430
Pink salmon             6,778       7,753       2,533      4,489
Atlantic salmon         1,156         724         509        370
Other salmon              345         186         173         97
Halibut                 3,244       2,770       1,181      1,083
Albacore tuna             259         244          69         55
Yellowfin tuna         13,078       7,124       3,609      2,893
Skipjack                4,703       7,769         264        486
Bluefin tuna               85          24         141         12
Bigeye tuna            12,299      14,439       8,532     11,620
Herring                   603       2,012          50        163
Cod                     2,466       5,091         760      1,549
Mackerel               31,825      43,716       3,421      5,421
Mero                      304         299         168        259
Jack mackerel           7,419      11,509         889      1,241
Sea bream                 573         574         124        151
Capelin                 1,222         649         329        244
Billfish                  557         940         166        269
Spanish mackerel          642         140         133         45
Rockfish                2,095       1,586         502        355
Sablefish               1,231       1,578       1,301      1,447
Herring roe             1,558       1,211         708        446
Pollock roe               537         279       1,085        376
Mero, fillet              585         672         661        867
Swordfish, fillet         142         120          79         66
Pollock surimi         15,410      21,320       3,072      5,688
Cod Surimi                537       1,375          98        301
Threadfin bream         5,155       5,134         944      1,059
Salted/dried                 
Herring roe               484         393         596        543
Pollock roe               172         153         304        326
Salmon roe                186         242         326        418
Shellfish
Live/fresh
Sea urchin                945         854         455        541
Arkshell                  636         751         337        308
Spiny lobster             197         157         550        474
King crab               3,642       2,866       2,239      1,642
Tanner crab             2,657       2,757         892        918
Blue crab                 377         152         371        216
Other crab                429         523         449        587
Oyster                  1,459       1,473       1,201      1,292
Clam                    3,162       3,138         743        622
Frozen                       
Spiny lobster             512         450         936        605
Lobster                    61         108         159        222
Shrimp                 22,182      26,202      30,561     31,159
King crab               4,101       4,102       7,173      7,914
Tanner crab             1,717       1,856       1,800      1,833
Blue crab               2,767       1,196       1,121        526
Other crab                 17         116          19        109
European cuttlefish     1,298         838         522        322
Octopus                 6,864      11,981       3,053      3,986
Scallop                    16         125          18        110
Other cuttlefish        2,809       3,223       1,695      1,866
Squid                      72       3,281          18        329
Abalone                    41          45         205        222
Salted/dried                 
Squid                     131         151          95        100
Sea urchin roe             21          29         103        139
Jellyfish                 602       1,206         235        474
Seaweed, dried            644         577         346        313
Seaweed, salted         1,023         594          84         52
Prepared                     
Eel                     4,152       4,137       4,518      4,346
Canned crab                24           -          50          -
Fish meal              34,392      14,603       1,943        899

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N/A - Not available; - = no imports

Source:  NMFS, Long Beach, CA
Contact:  Sunee C. Sonu

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